Re: New web site

Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]> Sat, 23 May 2026 09:01:44 +1200

Newsgroups	gmane.ietf.general
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On 23-May-26 01:27, Salz, Rich wrote:
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>     I would much rather have a non-Javascript site than one with worthless
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>     misfeatures such as "as-you-type search" (mentioned upthread).
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> There’s no accounting for taste.  I love search as-you-type because it provides immediate feedback, I can stop the search as soon as what I want is found, or realize I’m using the wrong words.
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> I wonder what the overlap is between the “no Javascript” folks and the “MUST USE IPv6” group.

Purely incidental, I imagine. (Disclaimer: I am in neither of those groups.)

More seriously, for a long time there were strong accessibility arguments against making js a requirement. I'd be interested in an accessibility analysis of the new site, compared to the old one.

     Brian